The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-01-06

the transportation of like kind of traffic under sub
santially similar circumstances and conditions, such
common carrier snail be deemed guilty of unjust dis
elimination which is hereby prohibited. and declared
to be unlawful.
NO PREFERENCES.
Sec 3. That it shall be unlawful for any common
carrier subject the provisions of this act TO make
give any undue unreasonable preference or advan-
tage to any particular person, company. firm. corpo
ration. or locality, or any particular description OF
traffic. in any respect whatsoever, to subject any
particular person, company. firm corporation, or To-
caty any particular description of traffic, to any
undue unreasonable prejudice disadvantage in
any respect whatsoever.
Every common carrier subject to the provisions of
this act shall according to their respective powers
afford all reasonable proper and equal facilities for
the interchange of traffic between their respective
lines, and for the receiving forwarding and delivering
OF passengers and property to and from their several
lines and those connecting Herewith and shall not
discriminate in their rates and charges between such
connecting lines; but this shall not be construed as
requiring any such carrier to give the of
its tracks terminal facilities to another carrier
gagged in like business.
THE LONG AND SHORT HAUL CLAUSE
Sec. A. That it shall be unlawful for any common
carrier subject to the provisions of this act to charge
or receive any greater In the aggregate
for the transportation of passengers, of like kind
of property under substantially similar circumstances
and conditions. for shorter than for longer dis
lance the line in the same direction. the
shorter being included within the longer distance; but
this shall not be construed as authorizing any
carrier within the terms of this act to charge
and receive great compensation for shorter for
longer distance: Provided. however. that upon ap
plicaticn to the commission appointed under the pro-
visions of this act such common carrier may in spe
cal after investigation by the commission be
au horzed to charge less for longer than for shorter
distances for the transportation of prop
erty and the commission may, from time to time pre-
scribe the extent to which such designated common
carrier may be relieved from the operation of this
section of this act.
POOLING UNLAWFUL.
Sec. s. That it shall be unlawful for any common
carrier to the provisions of this act to enter
into any contract. agreement combination with
any other common carrier carriers for the pooling
of freigIt of different and competing railroads to
divide between them the aggregate or proceeds of
the earnings of such railroads portion thereof
and in any of agreement for the pooling of
freghts aforesaid each day of its continuance shall
be deemed separate offense-
PUBLICITY OF RATES.
Sec. 6. That every common carrier subject to the
provisions Of this act shall print keep for public
Inspection schedules showing the rates and fares and
charges for the transportation of and
erty which any such common carrier mas established
and which in force at the time upon its railroad
defined by the first section of this act The schedules
printed aforesaid by any such common carrier shall
plainly state the places upon its railroad between
which property and passengers will be carried, and
shall contain the classification of freight in force upon
such railroad and shall also state separately the
terminal charges and any rules regulations which
in any wise change, affect, determine any part of
the aggregate of such afcr esad and fares and
charges. Such schedules shall be plainly printed in
large type Of at least the size of ordinary plea and
copies for the of the public shall be kept in every
depot or station upon any such railroad, in such
places and in such form that they be conveniently
inspected.
Any common carrier subject to the provisions of
this act receiving freight in the United States to be
carried through foreign country any place in the
United States shall also in like print and keep
freight is received for shipment schedules showing
the through rates established and charged by such
common carrier to all points in the United States be-
yond the foreign country which it accepts freight
for shipments and any freight shipped from the
United States through a foreign country into the
United States the through on which shall not
have been made public as required by this act shall
before it admitted into the United States from said
FOREIGN country, be subjected to customs duties if
said freight were of foreign productions and any law in
conflict with this section is hereby repealed.
NOTICE OF ADVANCE IN RATES.
No advance shall be made in the rates. fares and
charges which have been established and published
the requirements of this section, except after ten
days public notice, which shall plainly state the
changes proposed to be made in the schedule then in
force and the time when the increased rates fares
charges viii into effect and the proposed changes
shall be shown by printing schedules, shall be
plainly indicated upon the schedules in force at the
time and kept for public inspection. Reductions in
such published rates, fares charges may be ade
without previous public notice: but whenever any
such reduction is made notice of the shall i'm
mediatey be publicly posted. and the changes made
shall Immediately be made public by printing new
schedules or shall Immediately be plainly indicated
upon the schedules at the time in force and kept
| public inspection.
| And when any such common carrier shall have
established and published its rates fares and charges
in compliance with the provisions Of this section it
shall be unlawful for such common carrier to charge
| demand, collect receive from any person persons
greater less compensation for the transportation
of passengers property for service
ton Herewith, than is specified in such published
schedule of rates, fares and charges as may at the
| time be in force.
Every common carrier subject to the provisions of
this act shall file with the commission hereinafter pro
vded for copies of its schedules of rates. fares and
charges which have been established and published in
compliance with the requirements of this section and
shall promptly notify said commission of all changes
made in the same. Every such common carrier shall
also file with said commission copies of all contracts
| agreements or arrangements with other com
| mon carriers in relation to any traffic af
| fected by the provisions of this act to which il
| may be party. And in cases where passengers and
freight pass continuous lines routes operated
| by moro than one common carrier, and the several
common carriers operating such lines routes estab
fish joint tariffs of rates fares, charges for sucl
continuous lines routes copies of such joint tariff
shall also, in like manner, be fled with said commits
sion Such joint rates fares and charges such
tinuous lines so filed aforesaid shall be made publ,
BY such common carrier when directed by said com
mission in so far may, in the Judgment of the com
mission, be deemed practicable; and said commission
publicity which shall be given such rates fares ant
charges, or to such part of them as it may deem i
practicable for such common carriers to publish. ant
the places in which they shall be published: but N
carrier party to any such joint tariff shall
liable for the failure of any other common carrie
thereto observe and adhere to the rates fare
or charges thus made and published.
If any such carrier shall neglect or refuse
to file publish its schedules tariffs of rates fare
and charges provided in this section any part o
the same, such common carrier shall, in addition t
other penalties herein prescribed be subject to wri
of manda1nus to be issued by any circuit court o
the United States in the judicial district wherein tn
principal Office of said common carrier is situated o
wherein such offense may be committed and if sue
common carrier be foreign corporation i'll the il
dicial circuit wherein such common carrier accept
traffic and has agent to perform such service, t
compel compliance with the aforesaid provisions Q
this section and such writ shall issue in the name
the people of the United States the relation of tn
commissioners appointed under the provisions of th
act and failure to comply with its requirements sha
be punishable and for a contempt; and the sal
, commissioners compliments. may also apply i
. ! any such circuit court of the United States FOR
writ of injunction against such common carrier to r.
strain such common carrier from receiving tran
porting property among the several States and Teri